Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 27: Metering Part 3: Using a light meter

This is the third episode of a four part series on metering. In this episode Mark demonstrates the basics of using a light meter. Mark covers ambient exposure as well as metering strobes.

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• Mark Wallace
• digital photography
• studio
• model
• metering sekonic
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• Nikon
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• Canon
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[flowtime07]

thumbs if you would like a good explanation on how to read and work a histogram.

[snapfactory]

@flowtime07 Great suggestion. We'll be doing an episode about understanding the histogram soon. :)

[edgar25557junior]

Amazing video mark thank's my friend greetings from Puerto Rico !!!!

[snapfactory]

@edgar25557junior Pura Vida!!

[Bl4ckVV0lF]

Call me stupid, but I have learned more in the last 12 minutes about a lightmeter then I have before ... Thank you Mark for sharing all this knowledge with us

[jassimshahul]

simple and very informative :D thnx

[ThieryNasir]

Why is he using the dome attachment outdoor? Isn't that for flash only? The other attachment is for incident reading, right?

[MrEltel63]

Great video as ever.......but Erica really needs to look a bit more interested ! lol :)

[PhatBoyPoker]

Great explanation... but god did she look bored !

[pasqbian]

Your vids are among the best I have seen here on youtube. Thanks to you and Adorama for making these possible.

[PurpleWhirple]

@Maestr0ZA

Actually he's right. Most modern Nikons have a lower ISO setting of 200. They can obviously be set a lot higher than this, but if you want to set lower than 200 you have to use 'LO' feature. Don't know exactly how 'LO' works but you are setting ISO lower than the base setting of sensor in this case.

[MajikinaMina]

@snapfactory hahaha Pura vida is from Costa Rica (in central America), not from Puerto rico lol (I'm Costarrican) really appreciate all these videos, extremely professional and easy to understand.

[neptuniannymph]

@snapfactory You say that in Costa Rica, not Puerto Rico. Thanks for the video anyway, amazing way of teaching.

[syafiqzailan]

what if i want to add some depth in my studio shots, how to meter the light, setting up light power, and etc